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Call, Owen

     Owen Call Crown City Owen Call, 90, a resident of Rt. 2, Crown City ( Call Rd.) died Saturday morning at the Best Care Nursing Home, Wheelersburg. He was a retired farmer and carpenter. Mr. Call was born Sept. 15, 1886, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Call.
     He married Anna Elizabeth Cox on Oct. 23, 1913, in Gallipolis. She preceded him in death in July, 1959. Surviving are two sons, Woodrow of Dayton and Wymond of Florida; a stepson, Howard Whittaker, Gallipolis, and six grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Six brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. He was a member of the Mercerville Baptist Church.
     Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Providence Church. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery. Friends may call at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home on Monday from 6 until 9 p.m.

Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley
1977 obituary                                                                                                Top of Page

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Call, Sarah Eliza

Mrs. T.O. Call, 70, Died Friday P.M.
     Mrs. Sarah Eliza Call, wife of T.O.Call, died at 4:50 Friday p.m. at their home at Clipper Mills, after an extended illness. Her age was 70 years,3 months, 7 days.
     Mrs. Call was (born) at Ashland, Ky., and was the daughter of Frank and Martha Evans Gilmore.
     Surviving Mrs. Call are her husband and the following children: Mrs. Ada Archer, Eureka; Mrs. Marie Green and Merrill Call, Bladen; Mrs. Fay Hamilton, Gallipolis, and Denver, at home. A daughter, Ada, preceded her in death. There are 13 grandchildren and these two sisters and brother; Mrs. Henry Houck and Mrs. Bessie Gothard, both of Bladen, and W. L. Gilmore, Eureka.

[Note: dates from stone in Bethel Cemetery, 1871-1940]

Gallipolis newspaper
1940
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

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Call, Virginia Frances

Mrs. Call Dead
     Mrs. Virginia Frances Call, wife of Thomas Call of Ohio Township, died at her home near Mercerville, last Wednesday. She had been ill for a long time from an abscess of the liver. She was seventy one years old and an exemplary woman, devoted to her home and family. She was a member of the Mercerville Baptist Church and lived a faithful Christian until she was called to a better home. She was the mother of several children, all having homes of their own but now they will miss the mother's welcome smile when they come back for a visit.
     The funeral was held at Mercerville Thursday evening and the services were conducted by Rev. Earl Cremeans, pastor of the church. Undertaker Coleman R. Halley had charge of the burial which was made in the village cemetery.

[Note: Dates from tombstone in Mercerville Cemetery, Guyan Twp 1851-1921]

Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                        Top of Page

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Callahan, Mrs. John [Jennie Wolfe]

     Mrs. John T. Callahan of this city passed away Monday after long sickness. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at Grace M. E. Church by Revs. D. F. Wood and W. D. Cherrington, interment following in Mound Hill cemetery.
     Besides her husband, Mrs. Callahan is survived by several brothers and sisters and many friends. She was a fine Christian woman who bore her affliction cheerfully.

[Note: Jennie Wolfe Callahan b. May 25, 1859 d. Oct. 7, 1918; Name taken from Mound Hill Cemetery Stone & Family Search]

The Gallia Times
Wednesday, October 9, 1918
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Cameron, Carl L.

Carl "Mickey" Cameron
     Carl L. "Mickey" Cameron, 65, 29 Edgemont Drive, Gallipolis, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 19, 1996 in the Estes Park Medical Center, Estes Park, Colorado, while on vacation.
     Born May 7,1931 in Massillon, Ohio, he was the only child of the late Harry Cameron and Hazel Jenkins Cameron. He resided nearly all of his life in Gallipolis. He retired in 1986 after 35 years of service as a radiology technician at Gallipolis Developmental Center. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, and an avid Boy Scout leader, where he was active with Troop 200 for more than two decades. His scouting honors include the Silver Beaver Award and membership in the Order of the Arrow.
He was a member of the Gallia County Historical Society, and was well-known for his local photography and his collection of railroad memorabilia.
     He is survived by his wife, Kathryn J. Morris Cameron, whom he married September 5, 1954 at Kingston, Ohio. He is also survived by three sons, Scott Cameron of Logan, Jeff (Toni) Cameron of Dover, and Marc (Janet) Cameron of Madison, Wisconsin. He greatly enjoyed spending time with his six grandchildren, Eric, Evan and Katie of Dover, and Nicholas, Rachel and Mackenzie of Madison, Wisconsin.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, June 24, 1996 in the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Frank Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in the family plot in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cremeens Funeral Chapel from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 1996. Casketbearers are C.H. Easton, Jeff Smith, David Snowden, Todd Nibert, Charles Huber and Gene O'Rourke. Honorary pallbearers are David Laufer, Jim Hanson, Pat Wood, Hobart Wilson Jr., Dick Smaar and Don Hannon.
     In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute in Mickey's memory to the First Presbyterian Church, 51 State Street, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631, or Boy Scout Troop 200, in care of Steven P. Theiss, 3752 State Route 141, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, June 21, 1996
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

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Cameron, Harry L.

     Harry L Cameron, 77, long time resident of Rio Grande and former operator of an electrical business in Gallipolis, died at 2:15 a.m. today (Monday).
     He was born May 4, 1905 at Maynard, Ohio, near St. Clairsville in Belmont County, son of the late Carl S. and Stella B. Cameron. Immediate survivors include his wife, Hazel Jenkins Cameron, a Gallipolis native, whom he married in 1926 at Akron; one son, Carl (Mickey) Cameron, Edgemont Drive, Gallipolis; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Tom (Sally) Finnigan, Bradenton, FL and one brother, Gilbert L Cameron, Ellenton, FL. One sister preceded him in death.
     Mr. Cameron was well known in the area as a merchant, electrician and mechanic. He and his wife operated the Cameron Electric Co. in Gallipolis for a number of years. He sold that firm to John Allison in the early 1950s. After some time in semi-retirement, Mr Cameron opened and operated The Red Barn Restaurant and Antique Shop in Rio Grande. He was associated with the Gallipolis Reduction Co., as maintenance supervisor from 1962 until his retirement in 1972.
     Mr. Cameron was active in various community affairs. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, Rio Grande; Knights of Pythias, Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7, Masonic Lodge of Gallipolis; the Scottish Rite of Cincinnati, the Aladdin Shrine Temple of Columbus and was a charter member of the Gallipolis Shrine Club.
     Friends may call at Miller's Home for Funerals in the former Warehim Funeral Home from 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday. Private burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery following services at the mortuary. Rev. Frank Hayes will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the local heart fund.
Pallbearers will be Marc, Jeff and Scott Cameron, grandsons and Don Hannon and Walter Wood, Jr.

[Note: died April 4, 1983]

Gallipolis Paper
April 4, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Campbell, Allen

Allen Campbell Dead
     Allen Campbell, one of the good citizens of the Waugh Bottom neighborhood, died Friday morning at his home near the mouth of Horse Creek. His death followed an attack of influenza. Mr. Campbell was born in Ohio township, June 22, 1851, and at the time of his death was 70 years 6 months and 8 days old. He was a farmer by occupation and always took an active part in the affairs of his community. His wife was Miss Ella Carter of Chambersburg. The children born to this union are Herman and Charles Camabell, now living in Hungtington, W. Va., and Mrs. Ruby Rose of Bladen.
     Mr. Campbell's life was associated with a bit of pioneer history, his grandparents, settling in this county, near his birthplace, in 1806. They came from Culpepper County, Virginia when Mr. Campbell's father, George Campbell, was one year old. They had to endure all the privations of pioneer life. During the war of 1812, Mr. Campbell's father was in great danger from the Indians and his mother often hid the children thru the day under a drift pile on the river bank. They had to do their trading in Gallipolis and their nearest mill was twenty seven miles away, upon the Guyan river. The corn for their bread they ground by hand or grated it on a tin grater made from an old pan. Their meat consisted of deer and wild turkey. The bears would not allow them to raise any hogs and the wolves often destroyed all their sheep.
     When ever they went to church or to visit a neighbor they carried their rifles with them.
The readers of our younger generation will hardly believe that these facts once occurred in their neighborhood which is now thickly populated and almost void of any signs of pioneer life.
     The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Campbell were held at the Swan Creek M. E. Church Sunday evening and were largely attended. Rev. Earl Cremeans pronounced the funeral sermon and Undertaker J. W. Stevers had charge of the burial in the church cemetery.

[Note: Dates on tombstone are 1851-1921]

Gallipolis paper
1921
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                         Top of Page

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Campbell, Amanda E.

Death of Miss Campbell
     Miss Amanda E. Campbell, died at her home on Neil Avenue Monday morning of typhoid fever after an illness of two weeks. She was born in Green township, Sept. 6, 1863. She leaves an aged mother, five sisters and two brothers.
     The funeral services were held at the residence Tuesday morning followed by burial at Northup by Wetherholt.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, August 2, 1907
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Campbell, Anna

Anna Campbell, 85, Dies At Bladen
     Mrs. Anna Campbell, 85, of Crown City, died Tuesday at the home of a brother, Will Phillips of Bladen.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Zion Church, with Rev. Oma Williams in charge. Burial in the cemetery there by Reger of Huntington.
     Surviving besides the brother named are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Campbell and Mrs. Saunders of R.2 Gallipolis.

Gallipolis paper
Date Unknown
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

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Campbell, Belva M.

     Belva M. Waugh Campbell, 85, 255 Lower River Road, Gallipolis, died Thursday in Holzer Medical Center. Born July 22, 1897, in Ohio Township, Gallia County, daughter of the late Jesse and Laura Gardner Waugh, she was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, where she was President of the Church Women's Society for many years and taught the junior Sunday School class.
     She married John C. Campbell, who survives, on July 22, 1915. Also surviving are a daughter, Gladys Campbell Johnson of Gallipolis; three sons, William J. (Jack) and Bill C., both of Gallipolis and John G. of Warren; 20 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Willis Funeral Home, with Rev. Kenneth Sanders officiating. Burial will be in Swan Creek Cemetery, near Crown City. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. Saturday. Pallbearers will be Max Johnson, Bill Johnson, Rex Johnson, Richard Roush, Jack Campbell Jr. and Jim Campbell.

[Note: Died Feb. 24, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 25, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Campbell, Charles G.

Campbell
From Friday's Tribune
     Charles G. Campbell, a native of Green Twp. and long a resident of Bidwell, died last night in a Cleveland hospital. He was about 85 years old and made his home with his daughter, Miss Hattie Campbell, who was a Y.W.C.A. secretary. He is survived also by a son, Harold, a druggist in Columbus.
     Mr. Campbell was the last survivor of his generation of a well known family, that of William and Wealtha West Campbell. He was a brother of Mrs. John E. Mills, who died some months ago at Island Side, and was an uncle of Mrs. Harry Maddy, Robert and William Campbell of this city. He was a fine type of Christian gentleman. Mr. Campbell’s wife, Florence Sawyer Campbell, died at Bidwell some years ago.
His body will be brought back to Bidwell and the funeral will be held in the Bidwell Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial in Fairview Cemetery by Coleman & Son.

From Monday's Tribune
     Funeral services for Charles G. Campbell, who died Thursday night in a hospital at Cleveland, were held Sunday afternoon at the Bidwell Methodist Church with Rev. J. L. Stephenson officiating. The Williams trio, with Mrs. Steve Thomas as accompanist, sang and burial was in Fairview Cemetery by J. L. Coleman & Son. Pall bearers were William and Robert Campbell, Harry Maddy, Harry Scice, E. E. Hatfield and Edwin McCormick.
     Mr. Campbell would have been 86 years old on March 1 and up to his last illness which was but ten days, he had been remarkably well and active. Until eight years ago, after the death of his wife, when Mr. Campbell went to make his home with his daughter, Miss Hattie, he had been a resident of this county and Bidwell was his home for years.
     In addition to the daughter, a son, Harold of Columbus also survives, but was ill and could not attend the last rites. There are two grandsons, Fletcher Campbell who is in service at Camp Rucker, Ala., and Charles Campbell of Columbus.
     Miss Campbell was accompanied down from Columbus by her cousins, Mrs. C. G. Nida and Arius Sawyer. She returned with Mrs. Nida today and will go on tomorrow to Cleveland where she is associated with the Y.W.C.A.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth March 1, 1858; date of death December 30, 1943.]

Newspaper (prob. December-January 1943, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Campbell file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Campbell, Debra

     Debra Lynn Campbell, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Campbell, Route 2, Vinton, died at 1 a.m. Wednesday at Children's Hospital, Columbus.
     Born Jan. 19 1983, she is survived by both parents, one brother Tommy and one sister, Jayne, both at home. She is also survived by paternal grandparents Mr. & Mrs. Ray Campbell, Route 2, Vinton and maternal step-grandparents, Mrs. & Mrs. Kenton McCallister, Ewington.
     Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton. Burial will follow at Brush Cemetery, near Vinton. Calling hours will be held at the funeral home today from 7-9 p.m.

[Note: Died Feb. 2, 1983 age 14 days]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 2, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Campbell, Ella Carter

     Mrs. Ella Carter Campbell, 85, died Friday at her home on Swan Creek from the effects of a fall suffered a few days previous. She was the widow of Charles Campbell and is survived by one son, Charles Campbell and a daughter, Mrs. Ed Rose, both of Huntington, W. Va. A sister, Mrs. R. B. Cornwell lives at Eureka. Funeral services were held from the Swan Creek church Sunday...

[Note: Obit is cut off]

Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                          Top of Page

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Campbell, Florence Sawyer

Mrs. Campbell Dies 9:30 A.M. Bidwell Home
End Expected Since She Suffered Stroke On Saturday-Funeral at 2 Friday
     Mrs. Florence Sawyers [sic] Campbell, wife of Charles G. Campbell, died at 9:30 this morning at their home in Bidwell, after an illness of only four days. She suffered a stroke of apoplexy on Saturday and remained in a helpless and hopeless condition thereafter.
     Mrs. Campbell was an estimable woman, a devout Christian, an exemplary wife and mother. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Bidwell M.E. church, in charge of Rev. J.L. Stephenson and Rev. E.E. Brewer. Burial in Fairview cemetery by Undertaker Coleman.
     Mrs. Campbell was a brother [sic- should be sister] of the late G.B. Sawyer of this city. She was born near Bulaville and was a daughter of Keiser and Sarah Morehouse Sawyer. She was 76 years old last April 14.
     Her marriage to Mr. Campbell took place Sept. 20, 1888, the late Dr. J.M. Davis of Rio Grande having performed the ceremony. Most of their married life was spent on a farm in Green tp. but they had resided in Bidwell for a decade or more.
     There survive, besides the devoted husband, two children, Harold of Columbus and Hattie, a teacher, of Ashville, N.C., both of whom were at their mother's bedside during her last illness. Then there are two living brothers and a sister; Dan E. Sawyer of Columbus, Tom and Miss Carrie Sawyer of Bidwell.

In a 2nd obituary...........

Campbell, Florence Sawyers

IN MEMORY
     Florence Sawyers Campbell was born at Porter, Ohio, April 13th, 1859, and died Wednesday morning, July 10th, 1935, at the age of 76 years and three months.
She joined the M. E. church at Westerman when quite young, and was a devout Christian the remainder of her life.
     In 1887 she was united in marriage to Chas. G. Campbell. They were the parents of three children, one dying in infancy, Harold of Columbus and Hattie of Ashville, N. C., and two grandchildren, these with the husband, are left to mourn her loss, and a sister and two brothers are left to mourn her loss.
     Previous to her marriage she was a teacher in the Gallia County schools for twelve years. She believed in doing the things worth while, and was untiring in her efforts to make a success of her work, in the home, the school room and elsewhere.
     To us so closely associated with her through the years her death leaves a void. She was our friend- always true. In the quiet of the evening, among the flowers she loved, she was suddenly stricken, lingering but a few days-and then-they told us she was dead.
     Rev. Stephenson, assisted by Rev. Brewer, talked from the text "All are yours." Mrs. Harris Doepping sang very sweetly "Sunset and Evening Star" and "Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break." We know that all is well, and that again we shall clasp her hand.

[Note: From death certificate: Burial in Fairview CE; father Kyser (Keizer) Sawyers; mother Sarah Morehouse.]

Newspaper (prob. July 1935, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Campbell file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Campbell, Frances

Mrs. Campbell, 87, Dies at Bidwell
Mother of Cecil Denney…Funeral at 2 Sunday
     Mrs. Frances Campbell, 87, died at 1:30 this morning at the home of her son, Cecil Denney, Bidwell merchant. She was in her 88th year and had been gravely ill for a week.
     Mrs. Campbell was born at Kerr June 11, 1855, the daughter of Wesley and Susan Stevens Cherrington. She was twice married, both of her husbands, Daniel M. Denney and J. J. Campbell, having preceded her in death; and for 20 years she lived with only son and his family. A daughter, Mrs. Seymour Lawless of Porter, also survives and there are two brothers and three sisters: Ernest K. Cherrington of Yakima, Washington; Ezra Cherrington of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Ross Saunders of Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Dora Pollet, Marion, and Mrs. Ruth Noce, Fresno, Calif.
     Funeral services will be held at Westerman Methodist Church, of which decendent was a member, at 2 o’clock Sunday.
     Rev. R.R. Denney, if physically able, will officiate. Interment will be made in the cemetery there by J.L. Coleman and Son.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Dec. 24, 1942
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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Campbell, Herman

Herman Campbell Falls Off Barge And Is Drowned
Accident happens at Lock 16-Rites at 2 Sunday, Mt. Zion
     Herman Lee Campbell, son of John and Mrs. Belva Waugh Campbell of Eureka, was drowned about 7:30 Thursday evening at Lock 16, Ohio River, at New Metamoras. Campbell, who was 20 years old last Sept. 14, was employed as a watchman on the steamer Progress, Capt. Berkeley Wright, master. He was walking along the edge of a barge as the boat was preparing to enter the lock chamber when he tripped on a wire, it is said, and was thrown overboard. It was impossible to rescue him since he was drawn under the barge. His body was recovered, however, about 11 o'clock.
     In addition to the parents, he is survived by three brothers and sisters, William Judson in the Army in France; John Gardner with the Navy in foreign duty; Billy, recently discharged after long overseas service, at home; Mrs. Gladys Johnson of Bladen and Mrs. Lillian Roush of Mason City. He also leaves his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Campbell of Bladen.
     The body was returned last night by F. L. Stevers and funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 p.m. EWT at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Jennings Cremeans will officate and burial will follow in the Swan Creek Chapel Cemetery.

[Note: June 1922 - 19 Nov 1944 handwritten on obituary]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                          Top of Page

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Campbell, Herman L.

     Herman L. Campbell, forty nine years old and the oldest son of the late Allen Campbell of the Waugh Bottom, died in a hospital at Huntington last Friday, from injuries received three weeks ago, when he fell from a ladder while working on the Deegans building. Mr. Campbell was employed as a carpenter and the fall from the ladder was only about seven feet but resulted in the fracture of his skull. He had been residing in Huntington for several years and was engaged in various occupations.
     Mr. Campbell leaves a wife and his mother, Mrs. Ella Campbell, who still lives at the old home, a sister, Mrs. Edward Rose of Bladen, and a brother, Charles of Huntington.
     The funeral occurred at his home on Twentieth Street, Sunday evening and he was laid to rest in the beautiful Woodmore cemetery. Mr. Campbell's father died about a year ago.

Gallipolis paper
No date
Transcribed by Irene Blamer

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Campbell, James R.

The Campbell Funeral
     Funeral services for James R. Campbell, 56, who died Tuesday, Aug. 6, at his home in Scottdale, Pa., were held at his late home Thursday. He was a son of the late Ross Campbell, and a sister, Mrs. Paul Stephens, resides in Gallipolis. His wife, a native of Cincinnati, and three sons and a daughter survive him.

[Note: Ann Simmerman wrote the year 1935 on the obituary.]

Newspaper (prob. August 1935, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Campbell file, Bossard Library.
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Campbell, Jim [James Bodkins Campbell]

Jim Campbell, Aged 86, Died this Morning
Came To Gallipolis Out Of Slavery In 1865 And Made Thousands Of Friends
     Jim Campbell, who was about as well known to Gallipolitans as the Courthouse or the Park, died at 6:30 this morning at his home at the upper end of Fourth ave. and at the edge of the golf course.
Though many realized that the end was near for the one-time slave, the news of his passing brought a sigh of regret as it spread from person to person, among colored and white, old and young alike.

Here a Long Time
     Jim or "Ole Jim", or "Uncle Jim" had become a sort of institution here, without ever suspecting how genuinely he has endeared himself to the folk among whom he had lived for 74 years.
     Jim's death was due to dropsy. Failing health compelled him to quit as a janitor for the Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co. a year or so ago, but that concern provided him a pension and he did not want. When his illness became hopeless a few days ago, a colored man was engaged to remain with him and take care of him.
     Funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock at the Paint Creek Baptist church, with Rev. B.R. Reed in charge, it was announced by Harry Alexander, a nephew of the decedent. Burial in Pine St. cemetery by F.J. Entsminger.
     Jim was born a slave on the plantation of Joe Alexander in Monroe county, W. Va. (then Virginia) in January, 1852. "Marse" Alexander owned 10 slaves, Jim often remarked, but never whipped any of them. As the Civil War drew to a close in 1865, Mr. Alexander called in the slaves to the main house and told them: "You are just as free as I am. You can go or you may stay." Some elected to go North. They were given an old war horse, which they took to Lewisburg 20 miles away and sold the animal to a white man headed for Charleston in a covered wagon. Jim, a boy of 13, traveled in the same direction, as did other freedmen, including his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Alexander.
     At Charleston they saw a steamboat, the General Crooks, for the first time. A few days later they aboarded [sic] another boat, the General (or is it Governor) Meigs, and came to Gallipolis. That was in the spring of 1865, Jim related, and when they walked up the river bank here, men were putting in the foundation of the Riverview Hotel, long since abandoned.

[Note: From death certificate full name James Bodkins Campbell; date of birth January 15, 1852; date of death November 3, 1938; father James Bodkins.]

Newspaper (prob. November 1938, Gallipolis) clipping found in the Simmerman files, Campbell file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Campbell, John Lewis

John L. Campbell Dies In 87th Year
Rites 2 Wednesday at Mercerville Church
     John Lewis Campbell, retired farmer, died at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the home of his only son, Charley Campbell, Crown City R. 1. He has had an extended illness and his age was 86 years, 7 months, 20 days.
He was the last survivor of his generation of a family of many prominent connections.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Mercerville Church, with Rev. Earl Cremeens in charge. Burial will be in Campbell Cemetery by F. L. Stevers.
     Surviving besides the son are these seven grandchildren: Vance Campbell, Texas; Garret and Ewing in South Pacific; Lee Campbell, Middleport; Sidney at home (all sons of Charley Campbell); Buell Neal, Baltimore, son of Ira and the late Jessie Campbell Neal; Jane Ann Neal, daughter of Miles and Anna Campbell Neal of Bladen.
     Among the nieces and nephews are Mrs. John M. Williams, Mrs. J. P. Haskins, Stanley Lanier, Charlie Stevers, Mrs. John R. Fraley and Mrs. T. A. Haskins, all of Gallipolis.
Mr. Campbell's wife, who was Sarah Jane Stevers Campbell, preceded him in death.

[Note: 1858 - 1945 handwritten on obituary]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin                                                                          Top of Page

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Campbell, Mary

Rites Wednesday for Mrs. Campbell
     Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM for Mrs. Mary Campbell, 93, who died Monday at 5:45 AM at the Little Bullskin home of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Harrison.
     Mrs. Campbell had made her home with the Harrisons, who are distant relatives, for the past four years. Her only immediate survivor is Mrs. Charles Saunders of Mercerville Star Rt., a sister. Mrs. Campbell was born April 29, 1856, a daughter of the late Andrew and Wilmina Saunders Phillips.
     Rites Wednesday will be from the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Oma Williams of Crown City officiating. The body will be at C. R. Halley Funeral Home...[rest cut off]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
Transcribed by Jean Yount

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Campbell, Mary Effie

     Mary Effie Campbell, youngest child of John and Juliet (Keenedy) Campbell, was born June 10, 1869, at the old homestead in Gallia County which had been in possession of the Campbell family for three generations. Here she made her home with her parents until the death of her father in 1903. After his death she tenderly cared for the mother until she was called to join the father in the Great Beyond, after which she made her home with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Rust, whose death occurred in January, 1918. Since that time she partially made her home with her only brother, W. F. Campbell of Swan Creek, and at this home she passed to her final reward February 14, 1924.
     She was converted and joined the Swan Creek M. E. Church in early childhood, and was a faithful and active member until failing health pre...[unreadable]

[Note: Buried in Swan Creek Ohio Twp]

Gallipolis paper
February 14, 1924
Transcribed by Irene Blamer                                                                             Top of Page

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Campbell, Minnie

Mrs. Minnie Campbell Dies
     Mrs. Minnie Ada Campbell, 60, widow of J. E. Campbell, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 9, 1935, at the home of her aged mother, Mrs. Mary Fillinger in Guyan township. She suffered only a few days' illness from heart trouble. Funeral services were at the Fillinger home Friday afternoon by Rev. Ira J. Sheets, interment following in the Campbell family cemetery by F. L. Stevers.
     Mrs. Campbell is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Frank Thompson, and a son, Clarence Campbell, both of Gallipolis, her mother, now aged 90, and seven brothers and sisters - Lonnie and James Fillinger and Mrs. Mary Church of Crown City, Mrs. Mary Van Fleet of Huntington, Mrs. Henry Beckman of Dayton, Henry Fillinger at Kenton and Wm. Fillinger of this city.
     Mrs. Campbell was a splendid woman with many friends and highly respected in her home community.

[Note: From tombstone in Campbell Cemetery, Guyan Twp, Born 1874]

Gallipolis paper
Jan. 9, 1935
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

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Campbell, Ross

Ross Campbell Dead
     Ross Campbell was found dead on Court Street this Thursday morning, June 6, 1912. His death was caused by heart failure, from which he had been a sufferer for sometime. The remains were taken in charge by Undertaker Hayward. Mr. Campell was a carpenter and auctioneer and had a wide
acquaintance all over the county. He was the son of the Captain James Campbell of Green Township and was about 64 years of age. He leaves two children, James R. Campbell of Pittsburg and Mrs. Paul Stevers of this city. He is also survived by sisters, Zeiday, Mrs. Selima Carter and Mrs. Laura Rodgers. No arrangements have been made for the funeral but it will be held Saturday or Sunday.

[Note: From tombstone Mt. Zion Cemetery, Green Twp - B.1848-D.1912]

Gallipolis paper
June 6, 1912
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall                                                                        Top of Page

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Campbell, W.F.

W.F.Campbell Dies
     Mr. W.F. Campbell, 71, died Sunday, June 18, 1933, at his home near Bladen. He had a paralytic attack the day before his death. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Swan Creek Methodist church by Rev. Ira Sheets, interment following there.
     Mr. Campbell leaves his wife, Mrs. Fanny Caldwell Campbell, and six children, John, Lawrence and Howard Campbell, Mrs. Jennie Richie and Mrs. Grace Austin of Columbus and Mrs. Frances Isaacs of Cadmus.
     He was a highly respected gentleman and successful farmer with many friends.

Gallipolis paper
June 1933
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith

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Campell, Earl

Campell Funeral
     Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from Grace Methodist Church for Earl Campell who died last Wednesday morning at the home of T. E. Smeltzer.
     Mr. Campell's death was sudden and unexpected. He had returned home recently from Buffalo to recuperate from an attack of pneumonia contracted while working in that city.
     He was a member of the Elks lodge and four years ago was a Democrat candidate for sheriff of Gallia county.
     Services were conducted by the Rev. W. Scott Westerman and interment was made in Mound Hill cemetery.

[Note: It looks like Ann Simmerman wrote the year 1940 on the obituary. Even though the clipping clearly spells his name as Campell, there is an Earl Campbell buried at Mound Hill and there is a death certificate under the name Earl Victor Campbell.]

Newspaper (prob. 1940, Gallipolis) found in the Simmerman files, Campbell file, Bossard Library.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Canaday, Helen I.

Helen I. Canaday
     Helen Iverna Canaday, 67, Rio Grande, died Monday, Oct 21, 1996 in Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. Born Dec. 1, 1928, daughter of the late Maurice and Bernice Davis Jones, she was a member of the Simpson Chapel United Methodist Church, Rio Grande and the Rio Grand Mothers Club. She was a former leader of Rio Silver Thimbles 4-H Club.
     Surviving are her husband, Marshall Canaday, whom she married April 10, 1948 in Gallipolis; a daughter Joyce (Donnie) Smith of Bidwell; three sons, Patrick (Betsy) Canaday and Scott (Andrea) Canaday, both of Rio Grande and Mark (Debbi) Canaday of Odenton, MD; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and four sisters, Wilda Mae (Claude) Harris of Nacogdoches,Texas;Dorothy (Bob) Cochrane of Volcano, CA; Betty (Dave) Rees of Gallipolis and Ruth Jones of Thurman.
     Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Vinton, with the Rev. Jack Berry officiating. Burial will be in the Tyn Rhos Cemetery, Rio Grande. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore-Funeral Home, Vinton, from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday.

Gallipolis Paper
No date
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Canaday, Janie Benson

Mrs. Canaday Dead
     Mrs. Janie Benson Canaday, wife of W. H. Scott Canaday, died Tuesday, March 7, 1911, at the family residence in Gallipolis, aged 35 years, after an illness of four or five days with pneumonia. She leaves her husband and two children, Nellie Elizabeth, aged 4 years and the baby, Bertha Frances, aged 3 weeks. The deceased has two sisters and a brother living.
     The funeral was held Thursday noon from the Epworth M. E. church, the services being conducted by Revs. Myers and Cherrington, the interment following at Pine Street cemetery by Wetherholt, the pallbearers being J. C. Canaday, N. R. Canaday, W. R. Canaday, J. H. Canaday, Pleasant Canaday and Reuben Betz. Mr. Canaday who is employed at Rutland, came down Sunday and was with her at the end.
     Mrs. Canaday was a remarkably sweet tempered and pleasant lady, and won the friendship of all who came in contact with her. Her sad end, coming so early in life, and so soon after the birth of her babe, makes the blow hard to bear.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Thursday, March 16, 1911
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron
Plymale, John Anthony

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Canter, Michael E.

     Michael F Canter, 63, Rt 1, Stewart, formerly of Meigs County, died Wednesday in the Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center. Born Jan. 31, 1920, at Cheshire, son of the late Oral and Ollie Holley Canter, he was a boilermaker at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Athens and was a World War II Army veteran. He was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Ewing Funeral Home, Pomeroy, with Rev. Frank Hart officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7-9 p.m. today and all day Saturday.

[Note: died April 20, 1983]

Gallipolis Paper
April 22, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Cardwell, Dorsa McGhee

Death Claims Mrs. Cardwell, 85, In Vinton
     Dorsa McGhee Cardwell, 85, widow of Frank Cardwell, was found dead at the home of her sisters in Vinton early this morning. Mrs. Cardwell had made her home with Cora and Lulu McGhee during the past four months.
     Surviving besides the two sisters are two other sisters, Mrs. Maggie Vance, Marion, O., and Mrs. Lillie Swick, Rt. 1, Vinton. One stepson, Everett E. Cardwell, Vinton, survives. One stepson, Herb Cardwell, preceded her in death.
     She was born June 22, 1882, in Morgan Twp., daughter of the late James and Mary Lowe McGhee. She married Frank Cardwell in 1914. He preceded her in death in 1954.
     Funeral arrangements will be announced Wednesday by the McCoy Funeral Home in Vinton.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Tuesday, April 23, 1968

Rites Thursday
     Funeral services for Dorsa McGhee Cardwell, will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at the McCoy Funeral Home in Vinton, under the direction of Rev. Sam Boyd. Burial will be in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Friends may call this afternoon and evening.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 24, 1968
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Cardwell, Reva M.

     Reva Murrell Cardwell, 55, of The Plains, died at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was born on July 9, 1933 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Clyde and Levina Coy. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Athens.
     She was preceded in death by one sister. Survivors include her husband Ivan J. Cardwell, whom she married on May 4, 1953 in Vinton; one son, David Cardwell of Honolulu Hawaii; two brothers, William Coy of the Plains and Carroll Coy of Marion'; one half-sister, Lucille Foy of Pomona, Calif., and two nieces that cared for her, Carol Coy of Marion and Cheryl Coy of Gallion; and other nieces and nephews.
     Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home in Vinton. The Rev. Robert Colvin will officiate Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan 3, 1989
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Carman, Amos

Died at Akron
     Amos Carman a former well known resident of Addison and Morgan Tp.'s, died at Akron last Saturday and his body was brought to Bidwell on the noon H. V. Train where it was met by Undertaker Glassburn. The funeral services and burial were held at the Poplar Church Monday afternoon. Mr. Carman was about 67 years of age and is survived by his wife and one daughter. He has been a resident of Akron for over two years and leaves a large circle of relatives and friends in this county.

Gallipolis Journal
Wednesday, June 3, 1912
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Carman, Infant Son

Carman
     Little son of David and Hettie Carman, aged 4 months and 22 days. After 11 hours of intense suffering his little spirit passed away, June 24th, 1890, to that bright world that God has prepared for him. He leaves father, mother, three brothers and two sisters to mourn their loss. May God grant we may all meet this little darling on the other shore.

A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. God in His wisdom has recalled The boon his love had given, And though the body moulders here, The soul is safe in heaven. Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding O'er the spoils that Death has won, We would at this solemn meeting Calmly say Thy will be done. Though cast down, we're not forsaken; Though afflicted, not alone. Thou didst give and Thou hast taken - Blessed Lord, Thy will by done. Call not back the dear departed, Anchored safe where storms are o'er; On the border land we left him, Soon to meet and part no more. When we leave this world of changes, When we leave this world of care, We shall find our missing baby In our Father's mansions fair.                                                                                                      Aunt Electa

[Note: Buried in Poplar Ridge Cemetery in Cheshire Township]

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 8, 1890
Transcribed by Jan Rader

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Carman, Paul Wilson

     Paul Wilson Carman, 73, Route 1, Gallipolis, died at Holzer Medical Center at 4:30 p.m. Friday.
He was born Aug. 28,1909, to the late David Alfred and Gertrude Rule Stone Carman. He married Grace Nibert in 1932 in Gallipolis.
     Surviving are two sons, Earl Carman, Porter and Donald Carman, Rodney; two daughters, Mrs. Joel (Pauline) Moran, Centerburg and Mrs. Ruby Wilt, Rodney; two sisters, Mrs. John (Mary) Ropeter, Charlotte, NC and Edna Carman, Gallipolis; 12 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at McCoy-Wetherholt-Moore Funeral Home in Gallipolis with Rev. Alfred Holley officiating. Burial will take place in Addison-Reynolds Cemetery, Addison. Visitation at the funeral home will be held Saturday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.

[Note: Died Feb. 25, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Feb. 25, 1983 Page B6
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Carmen, Mary

     Mrs. Mary Carmen died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.F. Coughenour, Monday, May 16, 1904, aged 92 years and 1 month. She had been gradually declining for the past three years, but about two weeks ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis, which was the immediate cause of her death.
     Besides a daughter, Mrs. Coughenour, she leaves three granddaughters, Mrs. Bert Boice, Mrs. A.E. Boatman of Kyger and Mrs. J.M Robinson of Bidwell. She had been a member of the Baptist Church for more than 50 years and was a fine old lady, respected and loved by all who knew her.

[Note: Buried Poplar Ridge Cemetery, Cheshire Township]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, May 20, 1904
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Carmichael, Alfred

A. Carmichael Dead
     Alfred Carmichael, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carmichael of 2nd Avenue above Olive Street, died Sunday shortly after noon, after an illness of four or five weeks with paralysis. He was 36 years old and single and was a shoe cutter by occupation, working mostly in large factories and only came here about the time he was taken ill. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Walter Pedan of Columbus and she came down Saturday evening. The body was prepared for burial and she and the parents accompanied it to Portsmouth, their former home, where the funeral took place. Hayward had charge of the body here.

[Note: Death Certificate..born Dec. 9, 1845 Ohio; died Aug. 16, 1910. Parents John Carmichael born PA and Viola Brown born OH]

Gallipolis Bulletin
August 19, 1910
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Carney, Gordon

Carney Falls, Cracks Skull, And Succumbs
Former Kanaugan Passes At Hospital After Being Hurt On Street
     Gordon Carney, 35, who formerly lived in Kanauga and operated a service station just below what is now Bess’ Place, died at the Holzer Hospital at 5 o’clock Saturday evening of a skull fracture received here some hours earlier. His home was at 215 Truslow Street, Charleston. [WV]
     Carney who had come here Thursday to take treatment fell on the sidewalk in front of Frazier & Frye’s place of business. He lay in a pool of blood while scores of persons gawked and looked helpless. Finally he was taken by deputy sheriffs to Dr. Brown’s office, thence to the Holzer Hospital.
     Saturday night the body was taken to the Noble Long Mortuary in Charleston. Surviving are his father, J. M. Carney, one time resident of Kanauga; three sisters, Miss Edna Carney, Mrs. O. S. Kelly and Mrs. Lottie Johnston, Charleston; three brothers, A.O., S. E. and C. A. Carney of Poca, W. Va.

Note: [1-26-1903/10-8-1938]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Monday, Oct. 10, 1938
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Carpenter, Edith

     Edith Catherine Carpenter, 78, of the Pinecrest Care Center, Gallipolis, died 2 a.m. Sunday at the Holzer Medical Center.
     Born May 8, 1905 at Cabell County, WV, the daughter of the late Byron and Mary Holley Smith.
She is survived by one step-son, Loren Blankenship; a nephew, Melfin Blankenship and a niece, Mildred Blankenship. Preceded in death by her first husband, Roy Johnson, of Gallia County and her second husband, Leo Carpenter. She was a resident of Lancaster who moved to Gallipolis recently.
     Funeral will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at Miller's Home for Funerals in the former Warehime building with the Rev. Everett Delaney officiating. Burial will be at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Mercerville. Friends may call at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. Tuesday.

[Note: Died June 12, 1983]

Gallipolis Paper
June 13, 1983
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Carrell, George Robert

Slight Injury Causes Death Bidwell Man
George Robert Carrell Cuts Hand and Dies Week Later of Blood Poisoning
Funeral on Monday
     A slight cut on his hand, from which septicemia (blood poisoning) developed caused death of Geo. Robert Carrell, 61, of near Bidwell at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. The end came at St. Francis Hospital, Columbus, after his arm had been amputated in a futile effort to check the spread of the poison.
     It was a week ago that Mr. Carrell cut himself while engaged in putting a tin roof on the home or some other building belonging to Merch Clark on Campaign. At that time he did not anticipate any serious consequence, but on the following day he was unable to resume his work. Sunday he was worse and some of his children who had come down from Columbus induced him to accompany them home and to enter a hospital.
     Mr. Carpenter was a carpenter and lived about a mile this side of Porter, on the road to Gallipolis, though Bidwell rural route was his post office address. He was a member of Kyger council, American Mechanics, and of the Baptist church. He would have been 62 next August.
     Mr. Carrell is survived by his wife, Laura Carrell, and ten children. Four of the six sons live in Columbus; Clarence F., 1236 Manchester Avenue; William Earl, 111 E. Schreyer Place; Harvey A., 2223 Barrymore Avenue, and George T., Cordell Avenue. There are also Harley D., of Bidwell; Leroy W., Phoenix, Arizona; Mrs. Ethel Brannon, Akron, and Mrs. Grace Harmon, Vinton.
     The body is expected to arrive at Bidwell at noon Saturday. The funeral services will be held Monday, probably in the afternoon, depending on what word is received from the son in Arizona. They will take place at the home and Rev. M. V. B. Stump and Rev. Earl Cremeans will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery near Bidwell by Undertaker J. L. Coleman.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, May 6, 1932
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Carrol, Fred

Fred Carrol Dead
     Fred Carroll, veteran newspaper man, who had many warm friends here, passed away at Charleston last week. The funeral was at St. Albans Sunday. He was an uncle of Mrs. Lena Dillon of this city.

Gallipolis Bulletin
June 4, 1914
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart                                                                          Top of Page

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Carter, Bernice

Carter
     Bernice, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Carter, died about one o'clock Tuesday, April 14, 1903, of bowel and spinal trouble after a very short illness. She attended Sunday-school and church last Sunday and on coming home complained of a headache and soon after became unconscious. It was thought for a time that the trouble was indigestion but it soon developed into brain and spinal trouble. She was a bright girl with a disposition that made her a universal favorite and her sudden death is an awful blow to her parents, who idolized her, as well as to her playmates. The parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hunter Carter and Mr. and Mrs. J...[remainder of article was cut off]

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 17, 1903
Vol. XXXVI, No. 23
Transcribed by Joanne Galvin

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Carter, Bert

Death of Bert Carter
     Bert Carter died at the home of his father, Dick Carter, near Patriot, last Friday evening, after a long illness of consumption, aged 29 years.
The funeral services were held at Salem Baptist church Sunday morning by Rev. Riggs, interment following at Salem cemetery.
     He had worked in Columbus for a long time, but failing health compelled him to return home. He was a fine young man and leaves many friends to regret his untimely end.

Gallipolis Bulletin
Friday, April 24, 1908
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Carter, Bobby Harold

     GALLIPLOIS - Bobby Harold Carter, 49, Crown City, died early Saturday at his residence following a lengthy illness.
     Born June 11, 1937, in Huntington, W. Va., son of Cuba Byrd Carter of Gallipolis and the late Harold Carter, he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1957 until 1960 and was employed as a mechanic.
     Also surviving are his wife, Virginia Carter, whom he married on June 10, 1961, at Proctorville; two sons, Gregory Allen Carter of Crown City, and Michael Carter, at home; three daughters, Roberta Carter, La Dawna Ratcliff and Michelle Carter, all of Crown City; four sisters, Gloria Fulks of Gallipolis, Eva Fay Moore of Carrollton, Geneva Jones of Canton, and Frances Henderson of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two brothers, Billy Earl Carter of Canton, and Jimmy Ray Carter of Maryland and seven grandchildren.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Monday in the Willis Funeral Home, with the Rev. Richard Graham officiating.Burial will be in Miller Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 - 9 p.m. today.

Gallipolis Tribune
December 21, 1986
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Carter, Cecil W.

World War I Veteran Died Early Today
     Cecil W. Carter, 68, a Patriot farmer and veteran of World War I, died at 3 a.m. today in Huntington Veterans Hospital. The Waterloo Star Rt. resident had been in failing health for several years.
     He was born Feb. 6, 1894 in Perry twp., to the late James and Belle Jenkins Carter. Surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Amos (Nellie) Carter of Dayton, Mrs. Ted (Jessie) Bentz of Fremont, Earl of Media, Pa., and Virgil of Waterloo Star Rt. A surviving half-sister is Mrs. Verda Brown of Marysville. A sister who preceded him in death was Mrs. Truman Ingeles.
     Mr. Carter never married. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller’s Home for Funerals. Rev. Earl Cremeens will officiate and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening and until the hour of the service. Pallbearers will be Albert Thivener, Joe Carter, Edgar Green, Otis Davis and Willie and Hollis Wood.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Thursday, March 22, 1962
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Carter, Charlotte

     Mrs. Charlotte Carter, wife of Judge Robert Carter, of Perry Township, this county, died at her home Tuesday, November 17, 1891. She would have been 75 years old December 22d, having been born on that day 1816. She was the daughter of Asa Amos, a prominent citizen of his day, and was married to Judge Carter a little over 58 years ago. Ten children were the fruit of this union, five of whom survive her vis.: Wm. A. of Pittsburg,Kas., Missouri McGath, of Sciotoville, O., James and Annie Carter, yet single at home and J. Hunter Carter, of this city. She left brothers and sisters as follows: Mrs. Thomas Carter, of Perry township; Mrs. Mary Ann Bolton of Wyoming County, N.Y.; Covington and Decatur Amos, of Lawrence county, and Leftrage Amos, on New River, W.Va. Her husband, Judge Carter, also survives her, at the age of 77.
     Mrs. Carter's trouble, which led to her death, began over a year ago, when a cancer appeared on the back of her hand. She suffered from this to such an extent that it was determined to remove it, and the day after last Christmas, Drs. Eakins and Howell performed the amputation of the hand. After this she gradually improved, until she received a severe fall, which increased her delicate and invalid condition, which was marked by a gradual descent to the terminaton of her life. Toward the last her sufferings were most excruciating, but were patiently and heroically borne to the end. She was widely known as a good wife, loving mother and kind neighbor, and was repsected, greatly, by all who knew her.
     Her funeral services were conducted by Hon. John W. McCormick, after
which she was buried at Salem near Patriot. And this is life when at its best.

Gallipolis Journal
November 25, 1891
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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Carter, Edna

     Edna Carter, 83, of 83 Locust St., Gallipolis, died at 7:50 p.m. Sunday in Holzer Medical Center. She had been in failing health several years. Mrs. Carter was born June 10, 1899, in Mason Twp., Lawrence County, daughter of the late Crawford and Sue Moore Watson.
     She married Chancie Carter on Oct. 17, 1917, at Pt. Pleasant. He survives, along with two sons, Ellis Carter, and Charley Carter, both of Gallipolis; six grand, eight great grandchildren survive, along with one brother and three sisters: Hartley Watson, Northup; Mrs. Clyde (Melva) Bennett and Mrs. Lottie Smith, both of Gallipolis and Mrs. Francis (Alva) McCombs, Springfield, One sister preceded her in death.
     She was a member of the Walnut Ridge Church. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 until 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
     Pallbearers will be Ron Carter, Bill Carter, Joe Carter, Larry Carnes, Don Cox and Jeff Snedaker.

Gallipolis Tribune
Jan. 17, 1983
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Carter, Edward J.

In Memoriam
Edward J. Carter
     Edward J. Carter, son of Amon and Eliza Carter, was born at Patriot, Gallia County, Ohio, September 12, 1868; died at Lancaster, Ohio, January 10th, 1918, aged 49 years, 3 months and 28 days.
     He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Rees, daughter of David and Margaret Rees, April 12, 1890, and to this union was born six children-Clarence L. and Everet E. of Patriot, Ohio; Nellie V. Gills of Arabia, Ohio; Gladys N. Lusher of Columbus, Ohio; Donnie of Patriot, and Addie of Arabia.
His affectionate companion, whom he so dearly loved, having died 15 years ago, he found a welcome home with his brother George at Patriot, and was always welcome at the homes of his other brothers and sisters.
     He was a trusted employee at the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster, Ohio, four years, during which time he performed his duty and fulfilled his obligation with such promptness and fidelity that he was held in the highest esteem and confidence by all of the employees at the Institution.
     Ed. represented in his life a true spirit of American citizenship, having taken so much interest in the current events of the day that he fulfilled all the rights and obligations of a true American citizen.
His kind and genial disposition won for him a host of friends in the community where he spent the greater part of his life.
     In his association with others he was courteous and gave due consideration to the rights and opinions of all with whom he associated. When a message came a few days ago that Ed. was stricken at Lancaster we held out a hope for his recovery, and when the message followed so quickly announcing his death we were unprepared to receive the sad news.
     He leaves to mourn his departure the following brothers and sisters: George F. of Patriot, Ohio; Albert L. of Parkersburg W. Va.; Mrs. Lutecia Copeland of Gallia, Ohio; Mrs. Mary McDaniel and Mrs. Ethie Jones of Columbus Ohio. Two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Payne and Mrs. Ina Jones, having preceded him into the life beyond.
     While we with sorrowful hearts bid him farewell we cherish his memory with a fond hope that we shall meet him again where parting shall be no more.
J. B. Wood

[Note: Edward J. Carter is buried at Salem CE.]

Memoriam in possession of Lynn Anders
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Carter, Esta

     Esta Mildred Marie McCall Carter, 81, a resident of Rt. 2, Gallipolis, died in Holzer Medical Center around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday. She had been ill a short time.
     She was born March 3, 1896, in Gallia County, daughter of the late James and Lucinda Clementine Folden McCall. She married Virgil Blaine Carter. He preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 1972.
     Four daughters and one son survive: Mrs. Raymond (Catherine) McCarty, Oceola, Ohio; Mrs. Otha (Bonnie) Cremeens, Northup; Mrs. Homer (Faye) Rasmusson, Brighton, Mich.; Mrs. Lynas (Janis) Harrison, Patriot Star Route, Gallipolis, and Ted Blaine Carter, Columbus. Thirteen grand and 10 great-grandchildren survive. Two sons, three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
     Mrs. Carter was a member of the Gallipolis First Baptist Church.
     Funeral services will be held ? p.m. Saturday at Willis Funeral Home with Rev. Joseph Godwin officiating. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 until 9 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers will be Jay Harrison, Jim Harrison, Jeff Harrison, James Baird, John
Born and Greg Baird.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
January 11, 1978
Transcribed by Henny Evans

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Carter, Everett Edward

     Everett "Nick" Carter, 59, formerly of the Hillside Hotel died at 4:55 a.m. today in the home of Miss Ruth Moore, 314 1/2 North Columbus St., where he had been cared for since February, when he became seriously ill.
     A veteran of World War I, Mr. Carter served as a military instructor at the Boys' Industrial School for ten years. For the past nine years he had been employed as steward in the American Legion Home here. He was also known in the local circles as a semi-pro baseball player. The veteran, who had lived in Lancaster 30 years, was a member of the Legion, the 40 et 8 and the Masonic Blue Lodge at Patriot, Ohio.
     Surviving are two sisters; Mrs. J.E. Gills, Gallipolis, and Mrs. Carl Offenbacher, Columbus; and one brother, Clarence Carter, Patriot.
     Members of the Legion Post and 40 et 8 will conduct memorial services, Friday, 7 p.m. in the Frank E. Smith funeral home, where friends will be received thru Friday evening.
     The body will be taken Saturday morning to Gallipolis where services are to be held Sunday, 2:30 p.m. in the Waugh funeral home. Burial is to be made in Mound Hill cemetery.

[Note: Everett Carter was born January 13, 1892 and died May 10, 1951. He was a son of Edward J. and Elizabeth Rees Carter.]

Lancaster newspaper unknown.
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Carter, James

James Carter Died at Early Hour This Morn
     James P. Carter, who was a life long resident of Gallia county, died this morning at his home near Patriot after a long illness.
     Mr. Carter, who was well up in the eighties, was a member of one of the most prominent of the pioneer families of the county. He was the son of Robert (Bobby) Carter, at one time probate judge of the county, and his mother came from an equally prominent family of Lawrence county the Amos family. Mr. Carter lived on the site of his parents' home and with his death but one of his immediate family is left, a sister, Mrs., Anna Evilsizer, of Mechanicsburg.
     He is also survived by his widow, Mrs. Belle Jenkins Carter, three sons, Earl, of Philadelphia, Pa., Virgil, who lives not far from the home of his parents, and Cecil at home, and three daughters, Nellie, wife of Amos Carter, of London, Mrs. Jessie Bintz, of Fremont, and Mrs. Verda Braun, of Marysville. The last named was of a first marriage.
     Funeral services were expected to be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home with burial in Mound Hill cemetery by Undertaker O. E. Elliott.
     Mr. Carter was a modest, unassuming man, known all over the county and highly respected and esteemed. He was a fond, devoted father and his his(sic) family was in turn devoted to him.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
March 15, 1933
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

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Carter, Jerusha Ann Gates

Death of Mrs. Guy Carter
     Mrs. Guy V. Carter, sister of Probate Judge Gates, died at her home in Tuscola, Ill., Sunday, July 18, 1909, aged 65 years. While she had been in poor health for some time, her condition was not regarded as critical and her death was a shock to her relatives and friends. She was the daughter of David and Mahala Gates and was born in Walnut township, April 24, 1844 being one of 13 children of whom the survivors are: F.S. Gates, Perry, of Hayes, Ill.; Robert of Tolono, Ill.; Howard, of Champaign, Ill.; John of Iowa; Mrs. Minerva Eakin, of Patriot; Mrs. Anna Howell, Mrs. Allie Berger, of Hayes; Miss Irene Gates of Patriot. Of Mrs. Carter the Tuscola Review says in part:
     Mr. and Mrs. Carter have been residents of Douglas county almost continuously since 1861, living on their farm near Hayes until about ten years ago, when they retired from active business life to enjoy the fruit of their earlier years of toil. Their genial hospitality and true friendliness attracted to their home a large circle of friends, who will grieve deeply over the going of one whom they had learned to love, and who will be greatly missed. The funeral services were held this (Wednesday) afternoon from her late home and were conducted by Rev. McFadden. Her three daughters arrived, one on Monday and the others on Tuesday, but the two sons who live in the west were not able to get here in time for the funeral services.

Gallipolis Bulletin
July 30, 1909

Sudden Death Shocks Friends
Mrs. Guy Carter Awakes With Pain and Soon Dies
     Tuscola, July 19- The sudden death Saturday night at 1:10 of Mrs. Guy Carter was a shock to the community for while the seriousness of her condition was known, the end was not thought to be so near. The immediate cause of her death was paralysis of the kidneys.
     Retiring at 9 o'clock Saturday, she slept well until 1 o'clock, when she awoke with a pain in her back and side. Her husband went to her assistance at once and Miss McAllister, who had been with her during the past weeks, but it was all over in ten minutes, before any relief could be given her.

One of Big Family
     Mrs. Carter was one of twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. David Gates at their home in Gallia county, O. She was born April 27, 1844.
     She was united in marriage in Ohio to Guy V. Carter in February, 1860, and they lacked just a few months of spending fifty years together. They came to Champaign for one year, then moved to Douglas county, where they have since resided, except for a short time spent in Missouri. Five of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Carter still live and are: Albert Carter, Superior, Wyo.; Everett Carter, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. F.M. Enos, Terrell, Ia.; Mrs. Edward Morris, Lebanon, Ind.; Mrs. Carrie Updegraff, Maryville, Mo.

Other Relatives
     Her brothers and sisters are Judge Frank Gates, Gallipolis, O.; Perry Gates, Hays; John Gates, Iowa; Howard Gates, Champaign; Stephen Gates, Shelbyville; Robert Gates, Tolono; Mrs. Allie Berger, Hays; Mrs. Minerva Akins, Patriot, O.; Miss Irene Gates, Patriot, O.; Mrs. Anna Howell, Patriot, O.
     Arrangements for the services will not be completed until the relatives come, but they will not be held before Wednesday.

[Note: Guy V. Carter is the son of William A. and Caroline P. (Halley) Carter. He and Jerusha Gates were married January 29, 1860 in Gallia Co.]

The Daily Review/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
Decatur, Illinois
Monday Evening, p. 9, "Tuscola"
July 19, 1909

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Carter, John H.

Mr. J. H. Carter Dead; Prominent Farmer of Patriot Succumbs to the Inevitable
     Mr. J. H. Carter, a very prominent old gentleman of Patriot, passed to the Great Beyond Tuesday afternoon, April2d, 1912, at 2:30 after an illness of only a few days.
     He was in his eighty-first year and as fine an old gentleman as one could find and his death comes as a shock to his family as well as a host of friends. He sold his farm near Patriot to Mr. David Rees about two years ago and from that time on has been in failing health, but not seriously so until Sunday.
     He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Carter both dead. He was married to Miss Abagail James who survives him. He also leaves three children, Isaac Carter at home, O. M .Carter of Cleveland, a newspaper correspondent, and one daughter, Mrs. Loram Neil of Idaho.
     The funeral arrangements will be made Thursday when the children arrive.
     Mt. Carter was an Ex Infirmary Director and was well acquainted in this city, where until the infirmities of old age fell upon him was generally a weekly visitor and a familiar figure. While he had lived long past life's allotted span, news of his death will be everywhere received with sorrow.

[Note: Buried in Patriot Cemetery in Perry tp.]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 2, 1912, Page 1
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

Carter, John H.

Jack Carter Dead
     John H. Carter, one of Gallia County's best known citizens, passed away at his home at Patriot Tuesday afternoon, April 2, 1912, aged 79 years and 11 months. He was taken suddenly ill on Sunday, the immediate cause of his death being due to an attack of heart failure. Besides his wife he leaves the following children to mourn their loss: Oscar of Cleveland, Isaac of Patriot and Mrs. Laura Noll of Idaho. No definite arrangements have been made for the funeral, but it well probably be held Sunday, as his daughter will be here from Idaho Saturday. Mr. Carter's many friends will hear of his sudden death with regret and will extend their heartfelt sympathy to the sorrowing family.

[Note: Buried in Patriot Cemetery in Perry tp.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
April 4, 1912
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

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Carter, Lena Cook

Mrs. Carter, 97, Succumbs Sunday Night
     Mrs. Lena Cook Carter, 97, a resident of 46 Vine St., died at 9 p.m. Sunday in the Brown Nursing home at Patriot. Mrs. Carter had been seriously ill for two weeks. She was born Jan. 5, 1868, on German Ridge, daughter of the late Lewis and Caroline Brinkman Cook. Her marriage to George F. Carter took place Sept. 7, 1890, and he preceded her in death in April, 1945. Two surviving daughters are Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Brumfield, and Miss Parnie Carter, both of 46 Vine St. There are two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Two sisters and two brothers are deceased.
     Mrs. Carter reared a number of children in her home, a nephew, Everett Carter, a niece, Mrs. Clyde Herrell, stepsons, Luther and Fred Carter and a grandson, George W. Carter. She was a member of the German Ridge Lutheran Church and had been a resident of Gallipolis for 20 years, coming here from Patriot.
     Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral home. Rev. Hughey Jones will officiate and burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

[Note: Her remembrance card has January 15th as date of birth. Death date was October 31, 1965.]

Gallipolis newspaper
November 1, 1965
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Carter, Luther J.

Luther Carter, Aged 55, Died Here Sunday
Had Made Unusual Record As State Employee
Funeral Here 3 Tuesday
     Luther J. Carter succumbed to a long and distressing illness at 2:20 Sunday afternoon at the Holzer Hospital. Though most of his adult years had been spent at the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster, as the chief farmer of the institution's acres, this native son of Patriot was extensively acquainted in the county and he was very highly esteemed. Failing health dating back two years caused him to resign his position last April. He suffered from cancer and after mid-summer he was bedfast all the time. He was brought to the Holzer Hospital on October 3, not with any hope of overcoming or arresting the malignant ailment but a desire to make his last days as comfortable as possible. There was a decided turn for the worst late in the week, after which the family and their intimates knew the end was very near.

Once Worked Here
     Decedent was born at Patriot, April 2, 1883, the older son of George F. and Nettie Womeldorff Carter. He spent his boyhood in that community but when quite young accepted a position at the O. H. E. From that institution he went to the Athens State Hospital and then to B. I. S. in 1905. When he resigned his post he was, in point of service (30 years), the oldest member of the staff, though his age was but 55 years, and during that period had never been absent from duty except for the regular vacations.
     Mr. Carter married Alfa Starner of Lancaster on May 29, 1920. Their wedlock was a happy one and to the last she remained at his side and lovingly ministered to his every need. He was a man of few diversions and his principal hobby was that of raising dogs, and as a dog fancier and breeder was widely known in his adopted county and central Ohio,
     There survive, besides the wife and father, his step-mother, two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Brumfield of this city and Miss Parnie Carter of Patriot, and a brother, Fred, who lives on Luther's farm on Sandfork beyond Patriot.
     This sketch would be wholly inadequate without some reference to the unusually strong attachment between the now bereaved father and this son. They reveled in each other's companionship, and as a result each visited the other at frequent intervals and between visits there was a steady outgoing and incoming of messages to keep the filiation unfailing and admirably warm and glowing. But Luther was not merely a favorite of his father but of the whole family circle and of other circles that knew him well.
     Funeral services will be conducted at Grace M. E. church at 3 o'clock Tuesday, with Rev. W. Scott Westerman in charge. The body will lie in state in the church vestibule for two hours prior to the funeral time. Burial will be made in Mound Hill cemetery by A. E. Tope. For pallbearers these fellow employees of the decedent at the Industrial School have been chosen: Glen Devore, Tom Rees, Norman McCloud, Glenn Rittgers, R. B. Stevers, Lester Edwards.

[Note: Luther J. Carter died December 18, 1938.]

Gallipolis Tribune
December, 1938
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Carter, Margaret Jane Williams

Margaret Jane Carter
     Margaret Jane Carter, (nee Williams) the widow of the late John Adams Carter, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Stormont, 56 Cedar street, Thursday evening, March 23, 1911, at 7:30 after a protracted illness. She had been in declining health since the death of her husband nearly four years ago.
     She was born Nov. 1st, in the year 1833, on the waters of Sandfork, near Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she was an ardent member for the greater part of her life. She was united in marriage to the late John A. Carter April 5th, 1854. Of this union were born 10 children- J. Henry of Columbus, Wm. Milton, who died at the age of six years, Mrs. A. J. Stormont of this city, Mrs. E. D. Houck of Salem, Neb., Mrs. E. D. Wiley of Spokane, Wash., Rev. L. S. Carter of Rippey, Iowa, John A. and James U. of Columbus, Mrs. John Whitaker of Middleport, and Mrs. Vint Niecewander of Orville, Wash.     
     From the time of her marriage until 22 years ago, she resided with her husband and family on their farm 10 miles west of this city on Clay Lick, when disposing of their farm house they moved to this city, where they made their home until 1903 when they removed to Columbus where her husband died. She remained there with her youngest daughter, Mrs. Maud Wiley, until late November, when she returned to this city to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Stormont, in whose house she departed this life.    
     The funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday at 2 p. m. by Rev. A. P. Cherrington. Monday the remains were taken to Columbus and interred in Greenlawn by the side of her husband. The children were all present except the three daughters in the west. Mrs. Carter was a splendid woman and the family will have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement.

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 30, 1911
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Carter, Marion

Marion Carter Dies
Rites At Waterloo
     Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon in the Waterloo M. E. Church for Marion Carter, 76, who died at the home of his son, Roy Carter of Oak Hill, Wednesday morning. Burial in John’s Creek cemetery under the direction of Undertaker Phillips. Mr. Carter was born and reared in the Waterloo community. He is survived by his widow and seven children.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, February 20, 1937
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Carter, Mary Isabel

     Mrs. Mary Isabel Carter, wife of Wilson B. Carter, former proprietor of the Carter House, was found dead in bed Saturday morning. She had been about as usual Friday. Mr. Carter arose Saturday morning to light the fire and on returning to her bedroom called her but she failed to respond and it was found that her spirit had flown.
     Mrs. Carter was a daughter of Abraham and Rachael Houck of Harrison township and was united in marriage to Mr. Carter in 1874. She is survived by her husband and nine children, Noah, Gilbert, Eva, Selby, Emmett, Denver, Gertie, Letta and Mrs. Lewis Miller. She also leaves brothers Levi, Grant and Ross and sisters, Mrs. Chas. Jively, Mrs. Geo. Martt, Mrs. Elmer Fry and Mrs. Joe Danner. She was about 54 years of age and a member of the United Brethern Church. She was a splendid woman, an affectionate mother and a faithful wife, and her death will be regretted by many friends.
     The funeral services were held Monday by Rev. J. B. Massie at Mt. Plessant [aka Dickey Chapel], Harrison township, interment following at the same place.

[Note from tombstone 12/18/1854-12/11/1909]

Gallipolis Bulletine
Nov 17, 1909
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

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Carter, Mary Margaret Rader

Death of Mrs. Carter
     Mrs. Mary Margaret Carter, wife of Mr. Calvin W. Carter, of Cadmus, died January 16, 1902. She was the daughter of James and Rosina Rader, and was born near Wigner, this county, March 27, 1853. She was united in marriage to Mr. Carter August 22, 1882, and to this union four children were born, three boys and one girl, Homer, Pearley, Stanley, and Dovie. The immediate cause of Mrs. Carter's death was stomach trouble, with which she had been suffering since last July or August. The deceased leaves two brothers, J. F. and R. H. Rader, of Columbus, and one sister, Mrs. Clara Cantaner, of Unionville, Ohio. The funeral services were conducted Saturday, at 10:30 A. M., by Rev. C. E. Hill, at Salem Baptist Church, in Perry Township. Mrs. Carter was a woman held in the highest esteem by all who knew her, and she will be missed in the community in which she resided.

[Note: She is buried at Salem CE. Her stone has March 29th as her date of birth.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
January 24, 1902
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Carter, Noah C.

Noah Carter, 72, Dies Sunday Night
     Noah C. Carter, 72, died at 7:40 PM Sunday at his home on Little Bullskin near Mt. Carmel Church in Harrison Twp. Ailing a long time, he took worse a week ago. The decedent spent his entire life in the neighborhood of his birthplace. Date of his birth was Oct. 17, 1876, near the house in which he died, and his parents were Wilson and Mary Houck Carter.
     Fifty-two years ago he married the former Addie Croush, and she survives with these sons and daughters: Mrs. Roma Marshall, Columbus, and Mrs. Marcus McKean, Gallipolis; Mrs. Raymond Trout, Gallipolis; and Raymond Carter, Little Bullskin. A brother and three sisters also survive: Emmett Carter, Huntington; Mrs. Garnet Miller and Mrs. Bert Christy, Gallipolis; and Mrs. Earl Creators, Middletown.
     Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Wednesday at Macedonia Church, of which the decedent was a member and burial will be made by O. E. Elliot in Mound Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Arthur Rose will officiate.

[Note from stone: d. 1949]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
No date
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Carter, Nolan P.

     Nolan P. Carter, 85, Gallipolis, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 1997 in the Pleasant Valley Care Center. Born Aug. 20, 1912, in Walnut Township, Gallia County, son of the late Ernest Westley and Eda Augusta Pope Carter, he was a retired teacher, and the retired owner of Carter Tractor Sales in Gallipolis.
     A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, he was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Geneva C. Rees Carter; a son, Steve Carter of Gallipolis; three grandchildren; and two brothers, John Merrill Carter of Patriot, and Marvin Carter of Dayton.
     Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Hogg officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Saturday.
     A military flag presentation will be conducted at the gravesite by VFW Post 4464 and American Legion Lafayette Post 27.

Gallipolis paper
1997
Transcribed by Maxine Marshall

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Carter, Norris D.

     Norris D. Carter, 79, 1315 S. Ninth St., Leesburg, Fla. Died March 17 in Lake Community Hospital, Leesburg, following a brief illness.
     Born July 14, 1903, in Crown City, son of the late Joseph and Nellie Dailey Carter, he owned and operated a dental laboratory in Gallipolis for 31 years and moved to Florida six years ago. He was a member of Ohio Valley Lodge No. 536F & AM at Crown City.
     Surviving are his wife, Marguerite Carter; a daughter, Mrs. John (Dottie) Dustin of Columbus; a brother, Norvin (Jack) of Gallipolis and four grandchildren.
     Masonic graveside services will be held by Ohio Valley Lodge No 536 F & AM at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mound Hill Cemetery.

[Note: Died 1983]

Gallipolis Newspaper
No Date
Transcribed by Margaret Calvin

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Carter, Oberlin M.

Stormy Career of Officer Ends in Simple Rites
Oberlin M. Carter Finds Peace in Last Rite
     Some one pushed a button near the entrance to Graceland cemetery chapel, and in precise electrical response the strains of hymns, played on a mechanical organ, rolled over the dim green pews. The dirge ended, and a minister who had never known him rose to read a simple funeral ritual yesterday for Oberlin M. Carter, 88, before 25 old friends and neighbors of the "American Dreyfus" whose death Tuesday closed a 40 year fight to clear his name of defrauding the government.

Fought For Vindication
     A West Point graduate, Carter, as a captain of engineers was given supervision of a $3,500,000 Savannah Ga. harbor project, out of which grew charges that he defrauded the government of $2,000,000 thru collusion with contractors. He was court martialed in 1898 and sent to Leavenworth for five years. He served his sentence and ever since had fought to clear his name, going thru 27 rulings of federal courts and reaching the United States Supreme court four times.
     However the funeral speaker, the Rev. Jesse H. Dennis, St. Alban's Episcopal church, made only indirect reference to all that, saying he understood the deceased had felt himself unfairly judged but, as a Christian, had now come before a fair judge. There was no eulogy- the minister noting it would be unfitting for him to deliver one for a man he had not had the privilege of knowing.

Closest Friend Attends
     Only one close relative attended- a nephew, Emerson Lucas of Memphis, Tenn. There were several distant cousins and Carter's closest friend, W. A. Benson.
     Carter lived for many years at 2947 Wilson av., and one of his neighbors, George Fink, 4506 N. Francisco av., paid tribute to his work toward community betterment, speaking informally at the end of yesterday’s rites. Carter had become a consulting engineer after leaving Leavenworth.
     No messages had been received from former army associates, but Lucas said he expected there would be some inasmuch as his uncle had many loyal friends in that group.

[Note: Oberlin Mathias Carter is a son of Robert T. and Lucinda M. (Williams) Carter; grandson of Isaac and Alice (Armstrong) Carter. He was born July 11, 1856 in Gallia County and died in Cook County, Illinois July 18, 1944. From Diane Lanigan, Records-Graceland CE....Oberlin M. Carter was cremated July 21, 1944. The cremation was authorized by his nephew, Emerson Lucas. Later, he requested the ashes be shipped to him in Huntington, West Virginia.]

There are several obituaries for Oberlin Carter, but believe the one above was from the Chicago Tribune, July 22, 1944.
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Carter, Parnie M.

     Parnie M. Carter, 91, died Thursday afternoon at the Scenic Hills Care Center following a long illness.
A lifetime Gallia County resident, she was born Aug. 12, 1894 in Perry Township to the late George F. and Lena Cook Carter. A member of the Patriot Methodist Church, she was a retiree of Ruth's Floral Company.
     Survivors include one niece, Katie Sprow of Gallipolis: two great nieces. Sharon Knopp and Susan Nickels; two great-great nephews and one great-great niece.
     Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home with Rev. James lusher officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. There will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Scenic Hills Nursing Center.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Oct. 25, 1985
Transcribed by J. Farley

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Carter, Phoebe Ripley

Obituary of Mrs. Carter
Came to Nashua in 1853 and Lived in Log House Where Nashua Feed Mill Is Now Located
     Phoebe Ripley, the third child of David and Easter Ripley, was born October 5, 1825, in Gallia county, Ohio, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jake Jones, near Carrville, on Monday, March 16, 1925, at the age of 99 years, 5 months and 11 days.
     In April, 1845, she was married to Wm. B. Carter, in Gallia county, O. In the spring of 1853 she and her family came west, built their first home, a log house, on the banks of the Cedar river where the Nashua mill now stands. Later they moved to their home farm on the Charles City road, where her children grew to manhood and womanhood. The children are: Addie Carter, who preceded her in death in the spring of 1914; Marion, of Toledo, Wash.; Alice Bumgardner, of Charles City; Bowen, of Birch Tree, Mo.; Julia Rawson, of Ackley, Minn.; Olive Sperbeck, of Nashua; David and Lorenzo D., of Charles City; William of Appleton, Minn.; George of Charles City, and Arminta Jones of Nashua. Her husband died about thirty-four years ago.
     For many years she had made her home with her children, spending most of the last eighteen years with her daughter, Mrs. Jones, at whose home she died.
     She first united with the Baptist church at Cherokee, later uniting with the Baptist church in Nashua. Grandma Carter, as she was most commonly called, though living the life of a pioneer, had many blessings in the last lap of her journey; such as good health, good eyesight, mentally strong, able to do the common things of life up until the last year. About Christmas time she began to fail, being able to be up only part of each day. A few days ago she was taken with bronchitis and in her weakened condition it caused her death.
     Besides her children she leaves thirty-four grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren, and a number of great great grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Julia Johnson, who is still young and active at 88 years of age.

It matters not the time of year. It matters not the day. It always leaves an aching heart. When mother's gone for aye.

[Note: She is buried at Riverton CE. in Iowa. Phoebe Ripley Carter's grandparents, Joshua and Rhoda Ripley, were early arrivals to Gallia County and are buried at Ripley CE. William B. Carter was a son of Isaac and Alice (Armstrong) Carter.]

The Nashua Reporter/Accessed through Ancestry/Newspapers and Periodicals
March 25, 1925
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Carter, Robert

Death of Judge Robert Carter, A Pioneer.
     Death has claimed another one of our pioneer residents, Judge Robert Carter. His death was not an untimely one, for his life has been withering for the past year. Few men living outside of Gallipolis are better known than he was who has been called beyond, and his death will bring sorrow to the hearts of his host of friends. Deceased was a man of straightforward and dignified demeanor, strict
integrity, and his death is sincerely lamented.
     Deceased was born in Walnut township, this county, Jan. 15, 1814, and was 83 years of age at the time of his death. The ultimate cause of his death was the infirmities of old age. His wife preceded him a number of years ago and beside her his remains were interred Thursday afternoon in the burial grounds at Salem church.
     He was the father of ten children, five of whom survive him. Viz: William A., Missouri, John H., Anna and James P. Carter, who will cherish the memory of a good, kind, indulgent father. Judge Carter served as Probate Judge of this county about a quarter of a century ago and was elected county commissioner two consecutive terms. He became a member of the Odd Fellows twelve years ago, joining Patriot lodge, and under their ritual be laid to rest.
     Wetherholt had charge of the funeral.

The Galllipolis Journal
Tuesday, April 27, 1897
Contributed by Cheryl Enyart

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Carter, Sallie (Amos)

     A woman "whose price was far above rubies" has gone out from among us. Mrs. Thomas Carter departed this life at Patriot, Ohio, July 20, 1894, full of years and of good works.
     She was a daughter of Asa and Nancy Amos and was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia October 27, 1819, was married at the age of 16 to Thomas Carter of Gallia County, Ohio, and became the mother of thirteen children: H.C. Carter, Gallipolis; F.M. Carter, Patriot; C.W. Carter, Cadmus; Chas. W. Carter, Patriot; Mrs. Harvey Ripley, Patriot; Mrs. J.S. Roach, Waverly; Mrs. Ed Ecker, Gallipolis; Mrs. Joseph Wagner, Oakland, Maryland. A sorrowing husband who waits but till the short remnant of his earthly pilgrimage be accomplished that he may join her in the "Better Land" and eight children mourn her loss and will not be comforted.
     Mrs. Carter was a kind and loving mother, devoted wife, and a sincere friend. In health she studied and practiced the teaching of God's word and in sickness she bore her suffering with meek and uncomplaining resignation, saying simply and mildly, "His Will be Done."

[Note: Reprinted from Descendants of John Carter-Mary Lehr and Alexander Waddell-Eleanor Roush, Frances Copeland Stover, 1968, Supplement, p. 5. She is buried in Salem CE.]

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Carter, Sarah A.

Mrs. Morgan Carter Suicides While Despondent Over Long Illness
     Despondent and temporarily deranged on account of continued ill health, Mrs. Morgan Carter, a highly respected woman, living near Bethesda in Walnut Township, killed herself early Monday morning by cutting her throat with a razor. Her condition had been alarming for several days and the members of her family were keeping a close watch on her, but she managed to escape them long enough to take her life.
     The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Bethesda Church by Rev. McConnell. The services were attended by a large gathering of friends of the deceased.
     She was about sixty years of age and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wiseman. She is survived by her husband, five sons, Leonard, Ross, Eugene, Ernest and Ellis; and a daughter, Miss Mae.
     Mrs. Carter was a most estimable woman and the many friends of the family extend heartfelt sympathy to them in their great sorrow.

[Note: From death certificate date of birth September 11, 1859; date of death March 4, 1918; mother Manda Irwin.]

Gallipolis Bulletin
March 7, 1918
Transcribed by Lynn Anders

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Carter, Sarah Clark

Death Comes To Mrs. Charles Carter of Harrison Township
     Mrs. Sarah Clark Carter, wife of Charles Carter, died at her home in Harrison Tp., Friday night, of pneumonia, after a short illness. The funeral services were held at Macedonia Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. L. Porter officiating.
     Mrs. Carter was a splendid woman, and her death has brot(sic) deep sorrow to her loved ones and to her many friends. She is survived by her husband and four children, namely, Mrs. A. J. Lusher and Mrs. Niday of Mercerville, W.I. and Oscar Carter. S. V. and Lewis Clark were her brothers, and Mrs. C. C. Arthur her sister.
     Mr. Carter is a brother of W. B. Carter of this city and of Guy Carter of Tuscola, Ill. The wives of all three have died within the last 9 months., Mrs. Guy Carter was a sister of Probate Judge F. S. Gates.

[Note: 1849-1910]

Gallipolis Journal
January 26, 1910
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

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Carter, Thomas J.

DIED
     Carter - May 6th, 1870, of Consumption, Thomas J. Carter, son of Judge Robert Carter, of Perry township. Aged 23 years.

Gallipolis Journal
May 12, 1870
Transcribed by Sandy Lee Milliron

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Carter, Virgil B.

V. B. Carter, 75, Claimed Saturday
     Virgil B. Carter, 75, a retired mechanic, died in Pleasant Valley Hospital, Pt. Pleasant, around 12:55 p.m. Saturday. A resident of Patriot Star Route, Mr. Carter had been hospitalized the past 11 days.
     He was born June 12, 1896, in Perry Twp., son of the late James P. and Dora Belle Jenkins Carter. He married Esta McCall on June 26, 1915, in Gallipolis at the Baptist parsonage. She survives, along with one son, Teddy Carter, Columbus. Four daughters survive: Mrs. Ray (Catherena) McCarty, Oceola, Ohio; Mrs. Otha (Bonnie) Cremeens, Northup; Mrs. Homer (Faye) Rasmusson, Brighten, Mich., and Mrs. Lynis (Janis) Harrison, Patriot Star Route. One son and one daughter preceded him in death. Twelve grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren survive. One brother survives, Earl Carter, Media, Pa. Two sisters survive, Mrs. Nellie Carter, Dayton, and Mrs. Jessie Bintz, of Fremont.
     Mr. Carter was formerly employed at the Ford Garage and Walter Wise Garage in Gallipolis. His last employment was at the White Implement Co.
     Funeral services will be held 1 p. m. Tuesday at Miller's Home for Funerals with Rev. Harry Cole officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., today.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
February 7, 1972
Transcribed by Nancy S. Edwards

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Carter, William

     CARTER-On the morning of July 18, 1889, at his residence in Harrison Tp., this county. William Carter passed quietly and peacefully away at the advanced age of 83 years. The inception of his infirmities was several years ago and allopathy proved to be no alterative, and his health has been impaired gradationally. Two weeks previous to his death he was prostrated with that sudden and lamentable disease, paralysis, which claimed him as its victim. All that was in human aid to do was done by kind and attentive friends to alleviate his sufferings, but revivification was impossible, and responsive to the Master's call his spirit took flight to the haven of eternal rest.
     He was born in Virginia, Feb. 16, 1806, and emigrated to this county with his parents when quite young, and as can be perceived has passed through the vicissitudes from early pioneer life up to the present. His advent here was weird and incidental. It afforded him great pleasure to relate his adventures in early life. The country then was sparsely settled, and abounded with wild game, and was the huntsman's paradise. He had participated in many exciting chases. He was hospitable and a father to the needy, and his social qualities and genial disposition gained him many friends. He advocated the Union cause in the late war, but his age disqualified him from service, but he furnished two sons for the Union army. He attached himself to the M. E. Church many years ago and remained a faithful member to the last. Six sons and two daughters survive him, and are left to mourn their irretrievable loss.

The eye that shuts in a dying hour Will open the next in bliss; The welcome will sound in the heavenly world Ere the farewell is hushed in this; We pass from the clasp of mourning friends To the arms of the loved and lost; And those smiling faces will greet us there Which on earth we valued most.                                                           E. L.

[Note: William Carter was a son of John and Mary (Lahr) Carter arriving in Gallia County from the Shenandoah Valley area in the early 1800's. He married Caroline P. Halley in 1829 in Gallia County. Both are buried at Patriot CE.]

The Gallipolis Bulletin
August 20, 1889
Obituary located by Teresa Herrmann in 2005
Transcribed by Lynn Anders                                                                             Top of Page

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Carter, William B.

    William B. Carter, whose death was noticed in our last issue, was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, July 16, 1823, and lived there until 1853, when he moved to Nashua where he lived some six months and then moved to the farm four miles north of Nashua where he has since resided. He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. He died at his residence August 4th, 1891, living only a few days after his sad accident.
     The funeral services were held in the house, Rev. Evans, of Charles City, preaching the funeral sermon. His remains were buried in Riverside Cemetery at Charles City. Mr. Carter was a kind father and
husband, the best of neighbors, and one of the leading citizens of Riverton Township. His sudden death
is the cause of universal mourning by all who knew him, and all extend a heartfelt sympathy for the
bereaved wife and children.

[Note: William B. Carter was a son of Isaac and Alice (Armstrong) Carter, and a grandson of John and Mary (Lahr) Carter. His first wife was Phebe Ripley, daughter of David C. and Easter (Griswold) Ripley, a granddaughter of Joshua and Rhoda Ripley. Although a marriage year of 1848 is often given, thus far no record has been located by me. His 2nd wife was Roselthe A. Loper Tiffany. His date of birth was more likely between 1825-1828.]

The Weekly Nashua Post (Iowa)
August 14, 1891
Provided by Valerie Fisher
Sent by Lynn Anders

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Case, Mrs. Luther

Death of Mrs. Case
     Mrs. Luther Case, daughter of Joe Lovett, a former resident of this city, died at Glenwood of tuberculosis last Saturday, [Feb. 6,1910] aged 26 years. She leaves behind a husband and one son, and three brothers and four sisters. The remains were brought here Tuesday and intered at Mound Hill by Weatherholt.

[Note: death date calculated using birthday calculator]

Gallipolis Bulletin
Feb 9,1910                      
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Casey, Donna Jean

     Donna Jean Casey, 27, of Gallipolis, O., was recovered from the river Wednesday evening.
     Born Jan. 28, 1940, in Mason County, she was a daughter of Harold and Mabel Madden Oliver of Gallipolis and was a part time employed waitress at the Dance Restaurant at Kanauga, O. She was a member of the Church of God at Gallipolis.
     Surviving besides her parents are the husband, Harold Casey; two children, Richard Lee, 2, and Cathy, 9 months; and a sister, Mrs Barbara Donahoe of Chesapeake, O.
     The body is at the Miller Home For Funerals in Gallipolis.

Point Pleasant Register, Point Pleasant, WV
Thursday, December 21, 1967
Transcribed by Lew Casey

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Casey, Hazel

     Hazel Lee Casey, 54, a resident of 421 First Avenue, died in Holzer Medical Center around 9 p.m. Saturday.
     She was born at Monessen, PA, on March 13, 1920, daughter of the late Charles Richard Kinder and Abbie Stedman Kinder, who survives.
     She married Raymond S. Casey on May 8, 1937. He survives. Three sons survive: James, Dayton; Harold, Columbus; and T-Sgt. Lewis Casey, Ft. Meade, MD; two daughters: Carol Sue Worby, Teheran, Iran; Miss Linda Casey, at home. Eight grandchildren survive.
     Two sisters survive, Mrs. Virginia Day, Gallipolis and Mrs. Margaret Riffle, Addison. One brother, Richard Kinder, preceded her in death.
     Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller's Home for Funerals with Rev. Joe D. Will officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.
     Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, friends and relatives are asked to contribute to the cancer fund.

Gallipolis Tribune
18 Nov 1974
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Casey, John Alexander

     JohnAlexander Casey was born June 5, 1866, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair Casey of Mason County, W. Va. and died at 10:30 o'clock a. m. May 23, 1939 at the home for Aged conducted by Mrs. Bessie Higgins, 439 Second Avenue.
     Mr. Casey was married three times. He was married to Sarah Bateman, now deceased. Born to this union was one daughter, Mrs. Mary Slayton of Gallipolis. His second marriage was to Sarah Jane Lewis, now deceased. He is survived in this union by one daughter, Rozella Gale of Ashley, Ohio, and five sons, Carl, John, Lincoln, Clarence and Raymond Casey, all of Gallipolis.
     He is also survived by his third wife, Ethel Raike, and fifteen grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, and three brothers, George Casey of Apple Grove, W. Va., James Casey of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va., and Samuel Casey of Rodney, Ohio.
     One sister, Jane, and three brothers, Edward, Albert and Wesley, preceded him in death.

Gallipolis Tribune
May 1939
Transcribed by Lew Casey

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Casey, John Milton

Death Comes In Flash To John Milton Casey
As He Listens Alone to Radio in Elks Club Rooms,
Where He Had Worked for Years
Funeral at 3 [o’clock] Friday
     John Milton Casey, 55, colored, dropped dead in the Elks club rooms about 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. He had gone there to look after his duties as janitor, a position he had held for perhaps 15 years. (A brief notice of his death appeared in a large part of Tuesday’s last edition). His lifeless body, lying on the floor of the reading room, was found by Charles Huber. Its position indicated that Casey had been seated in front of the radio and had toppled from his chair. The radio was “tuned in” and a distant orchestra was playing a requiem for the faithful and popular janitor.
Ill All Winter
     Dr. J. T. Hanson was called and pronounced death to be due to a sudden heart attack. For several months John had been in poor health, suffering from severe heart affection, [sic] but during the last month had recuperated to such an extent he felt able to resume his work for the Elks. He lived in his own property at 731 Third Avenue.
     John was born and spent his whole life in Gallipolis. He was a son of the late George and Cordelia Casey and would have been 56 years old next Oct. 14. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hattie Casey, and seven bright children; and from one who knows comes assurance that their family was one of genuine love and whole-hearted devotion. He was a kindly soul and made a host of friends and was acquainted with nearly everyone in Gallipolis and was known as a devoted and indulgent husband and father.
     For 30 years he was in the employment of one of the city’s oldest families, the Luptons, and gained a reputation for reliability and integrity. He is the last of his father’s family, a sister, Mrs. Mayme Williams, having preceded him in death. His children are John, Thompson, William, James, Paul, Robert and Elizabeth.
     The funeral services will be held at John Gee Chapel at 3 o’clock Friday, an hour and a half after hour for the funeral of Miss Lena Dills. Interment will be made in Pine Street Cemetery by Undertaker W. N. Hayward.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, April 27, 1932
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Casey, Raymond S.

     Raymond S. Casey, 76, 430 First Avenue, Gallipolis, died Sunday, May 2, 1993 at Holzer Medical Center. He was a retired employee of the Ohio Valley Bank and a World War II U.S. Navy and Army veteran. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4464, Disabled American Veterans Post 5 and the Gallia County Senior Citizens Center.
     He was born October 9, 1916 in Mason County, W.Va., the son of John and Sarah Lewis Casey. Survivors include his wife, Katherine Sims Boster Casey; three sons, James W. Casey of Paris, TX; Harold L. Casey of Columbus and Lewis E. Casey of San Angelo, TX; two daughters, Carol Sue (David) Varney and Linda Lane, both of Gallipolis; one stepson, Ron Boster of Smithville, N.C; one stepdaughter, Kathleen (William) Darnell of Centerville; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, six step-grandchildren and two sisters, Rosella Gale of Cardington and Mary Slayton of Gallipolis. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Hazel Lee Casey, in 1974 and three brothers.
     Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel. Services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. David S. Varney officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Street Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by the VFW Post 4464 of Gallipolis. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Gallia County Senior Citizens Center, 220 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
May 3, 1993
Transcribed by Lew Casey                                                                              Top of Page

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Casto, Carvosso

     Carvosso M. Casto, 71, Roush Road, Cheshire, died early this morning in Holzer Medical Center, following a lingering illness. Born March 3, 1912, son of the late Robert and Mae Scott Casto, he was sexton of Gravel Hill Cemetery for several years and was also a custodian for Gallia County elementary schools.
     Surviving are his wife, Ilean D. Little Casto; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Sylvia) Brown and Mrs. Earl (Katherine) Caldwell, both of Gallipolis and Mrs. Lawrence (Dorothy) Napper of Aberdene; a son, Paul, of Santa Monica, CA; seven grandchildren, four brothers, Floyd, Robert and Freemont, all of Columbus and Arthur of Cheshire and two sisters, Mrs. Eva Belle Davidson and Mrs. Beulah Carter, both of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Donald and a granddaughter.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home, Middleport, with Rev. John Jeffreys officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.

[Note: Died June 23, 1983]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
June 23, 1983 Page 8, Col. 1
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Casto, Perry E.

P. E. Casto, Eastern Avenue Grocer, Dies
     Perry E. Casto, aged about 50, who conducted a grocery on Eastern Avenue, died at 10 a.m. Friday in Holzer Hospital where he was taken yesterday afternoon. Death was caused by a heart attack believed to have been super-induced by the heat. Surviving Mr. Casto are his wife and three children, Mary, Ervin and Anna.
     Burial will be at Bethel, near Leon, W. Va., Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev Clendenin and Rev. Holcomb will be in charge of the services. Mr. Casto was a member of the Church of the Nazarene and of the Modern Woodmen. A. E. Tope is completing the funeral arrangements.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Friday, August 3, 1934

Casto Funeral Sunday
     There will be short services at the home Sunday at 10:30 o’clock for P. E. Casto, Eastern Avenue, who died in Holzer Hospital. Rev. Carl Clendenin will officiate and will also assist with the services at Bethel near Leon, W. Va., where the body will be taken for interment. The wife and three children, Roy, Anna, and Ervin survive.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Saturday, August 4, 1934
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Casto, Ray

Pvt. Ray Casto Killed On Train By Allied Planes
Official Report Of Tragedy Received At Last
     Mrs. Mary Russell Casto has received particulars of the tragic death of her husband, Pvt. Ray Casto, in Germany from the war department.
     Pvt. Casto, who became a prisoner of war on Nov. 8, was killed April 19, when British planes strafed the train on which he and other prisoners were returning to their camp, near Hamburg, from a small town where they had been working. Mrs. Casto was greatly comforted by a letter from one of her husband’s buddies, who was on the train also, and is now at his home in Alabama. He verified the war department’s report and said he attended Pvt. Casto’s burial the day after the accident in an American cemetery. A French priest officiated at the last rites.
     It was Dec. 4 that Mrs. Casto received the notice that her husband was missing in action in Germany on Nov. 8. Not until Feb. 9 did she learn that he was a prisoner and after that she heard directly from him five times, the last dated Feb. 25. His letters were all hopeful and cheerful. Knowing that he was a prisoner, Mrs. Casto could not understand the notice she received June 19 saying he had been killed in action until she had the further information.
     Ray Casto was almost 34 years old, the son of Mrs. Laura Casto of East Gallipolis. He leaves also a little daughter, Mary Faye, 2, a brother and a sister.
     This morning after the above was written, Mrs. Casto was notified that her husband had been awarded the Purple Heart medal, posthumously.

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Wednesday, July 11, 1945
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Caton, Wayne

Infant Dies
     Wayne, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Caton, died last Saturday morning. Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery by Funeral Director Butler.

The Gallia Times
“Vinton News Notes”
Thursday, July 28, 1932
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Caudill, Emily

Mrs. G. Caudill Died Last Night
     Mrs. Garland Caudill, who has been ill since May, died at 11:30 last night at the Holzer Hospital. Suffering from a grave heart condition that made it necessary for her to lie as near motionless as possible, she was brought to the hospital from her home just above the mouth of Raccoon Creek on Nov. 23.
     Mrs. Caudill was 36 years old and lifelong resident of that section. She was a daughter of the late W. D. Boston.
     She is survived by her husband, who is a merchant and farmer and a member of the County Selective Service Board, and four children, Eddie and Jimmie, twins; Wayne and Anita Marie. Then there are these sisters and brothers: Mrs. Stacy Harbour, Mrs. Clara Chambers and Ithamar J. Boston, all of Bladen. W. B. Boston, Mrs. Myrtle Dewitt and Harry Boston, all of Eureka.
     The body was removed to C. R. Halley’s mortuary at Mercerville and no funeral arrangements had been announced early this afternoon.

Gallipolis Tribune
1953
Transcribed by Lew Casey                                                                                Top of Page

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Cavin, Clarissa

Death of Mrs. Clarissa Cavin
     Mrs. William or Clarissa Cavin, the oldest female, resident, perhaps, in town or county, passed away peacefully to her eternal home, on last Friday evening, January 4, 1889, at the hour of 6 o’clock, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Hobson McClurg of this city.
     Mrs. Cavin’s maiden name was Clarissa LeClare. Her parents came here with the second installment of emigrants from France, in the early days of the settlement of Gallipolis by the French. Clarissa was the seventh of seven daughters, born inside the old Fort on the Public Square, August 30, 1797, and was consequently, well advanced in her 92nd year. Mrs. Adelaide Maguet, who died last March, lacking but 18 days of 100 year was a sister, and Mrs. Lewis Denney, of near Porter, this county, is now the only surviving sister, Mr. Wm. Cavin, her husband, to whom she was married when but fifteen years old, died 43 years ago. By him she became the mother of thirteen children, seven of whom were reared to an adult age, Daniel, William, Lewis, Frank, Louise, Mary and Eliza. Four of these are yet living---Mrs. Louise Baltzell of Mt. Vernon, Ill. And William Cavin, Mrs. Zachariah Denney, and Mrs. Hobson McClurg. Twenty three grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild survive her also. The last, Guy Tippens, son of Mr. Jas. Tippens, is seven years old.
     Mrs. Cavin always resided here. After the death of her husband, she lived with her son Frank, on the corner of Third and Cedar Streets, until he died in 1877, and since then most of the time she has lived with her daughter, Mrs. McClurg. About four years ago, she received a slight paralytic stroke, which affected nearly all of her senses and general health to a greater or lesser extent, and it may be said that she has been in constant failing health ever since. She was a very remarkable woman in many respects. She had been a member of the M.E. Church for half a century and was devoted to her bible and Christian duties. She was extremely industrious and looked with disfavor on those who were not. She was an agreeable companion and an eminently good woman.
     Her funeral services were conducted at her late residence at 3:30PM Sunday, by Rev. M.V.B. Euans. Her burial was conducted by Hayward & Sons at the old cemetery. It will not be long until the link is broken which binds our people with those sterling characters, that came here and planted the seeds of civilization on the banks of the Ohio a hundred years ago. It excites our feeling as they are called one by one to join the great majority that are buried in the past. Peace be with them.

Gallipolis Journal
January 9, 1889
Submitted by Dorothy Frazier                                                                          Top of Page

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Chambers, Madelaine

WIFE IS DEAD IN HONOLULU
     Mrs. Madelaine Chambers, wife of Richard Chambers, who is an officer in the Navy, died Tuesday, June 10, in a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, according to word received by the bereaved husband’s father, W. F. Chambers of Eureka.
     No particulars of her illness and death are known. The body, however, will be returned to the United States and brought to Gallia County for burial at Clay Chapel, although no date has been set.
     Mr. Chambers and his eight-months-old son, Richard Fletcher, are expected to arrive from Honolulu about June 17. Mrs. Chambers was a native of New York. She had joined her husband in Hawaii about a year ago.

Chambers Funeral Set For Sunday

     Funeral services for Mrs. Richard H. Chambers, who died in Honolulu last Tuesday, will be held at 2 p.m. next Sunday at the Chambersburg Church. Burial of the ashes will be made at Clay Chapel Cemetery.
     The delay was deemed advisable so that relatives living at a distance may arrange to attend. Mrs. Chambers was born and reared in New York City. Her death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage.
     Surviving, besides the husband, is an eight-months-old son.
The bereaved husband is a son of W. F. Chambers of Chambersburg (Eureka post office) and is a naval officer. He has been stationed at Honolulu about 16 months and his wife had been there almost as long. Three years had passed since his previous visit to the parental home.

Gallipolis Tribune
June 1947
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Chambers, Margaret Ethel

Margaret Chambers
      GALLIPOLIS - Margaret Ethel Chambers, 51, Rt. 2, Gallipolis, died at 1:25 p.m. Friday at her residence, having been in failing health for the past six months.
     Born Dec. 24, 1929, in Marysville, W. Va., daughter of the late Nelson and Hazel Swain Pierce, she was an employee of Gallipolis Developmental Center. She was married to Harry Chambers, who survives, on May 29, 1953, in Henderson.
     Also surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Barbara Nelson of Caldwell, Mrs. Deborah Pratter of Chillicothe, Mrs. Diane Young of Gallipolis, Mrs. Darlene Saunders of Bidwell, and Ellen Chambers of Gallipolis; seven grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Jenny Baker of McConnelsville, Mrs. Sylvia Ferguson of Joseph's Mill, W. Va., Mrs. Betty Gorrell of Malta, Mrs. Rosallen Violand of Virginia Beach, Va., and Mrs. Norma Jean Scott of Pennsville; three brothers, Olin of Friendly, W. Va., Rodney of Long Bottom, W.Va. and Raymond of Philadelphia, Penn.; a stepsister, Mrs. Charlotte Smit of New York.
     She attended the First Presbyterian Church ofGallipolis.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home, with the Rev. Frank Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery. Friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.

Unknown publication
April 3, 1981
Contributed by Jacquelyn Woolley

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Chambers, Sarah

OBITUARY
Sarah Chambers
     Fell asleep in Jesus, at her home in Chambersburg, Gallia County, Ohio, April 9, 1888, Mrs. Sarah Chambers, in the 76th year of her age.

[Note: buried Clay Chapel Cemetery, Clay Township]

Gallipolis Paper
April 9, 1888
Transcribed by F.K. Brown

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Chambers, Wavie

Mrs. W.F. Chambers Dies In Hospital
Funeral Services for Estimable Woman Held Sunday in Home Church
     Mrs. Wavie Chambers, 54 wife of Mr. W.F. Chambers of Eureka, died in the Holzer hospital Friday evening, Jan. 11, 1935, after prolonged illness from a gall bladder infection. She had been treated there since September, save for a brief interval at home.
     Mrs. Chambers was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Roach of this county. She and Mr. Chambers were married Oct. 6, 1899, by James Wilson, then mayor of Chambersburg. Beside her husband, she leaves five children, William R. of Springfield, Mrs. Lucille Cummins of Cannonsburg, Pa., Mrs. Edith Ihle of Pomeroy, Richard and Garnet at home.
     Mrs. Chambers was a splendid woman, active in church and community affairs and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Gallipolis.
     Funeral services were Sunday afternoon in Chambersburg M. E. church by Rev. Wade Radford, former, and Rev. Charles L. Thayer, present pastor and were largely attended. Burial was in Clay Chapel cemetery by C.R. Halley.

[Note: From stone born 1881]

Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Jan. 1935
Transcribed by Theresa E. Smith                                                                       Top of Page

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Champer, Arnold

Died In West
     The body of Arnold Champer, who died in California, arrived at the home of his mother, Mrs. Rena Champer, in Gallipolis Thursday. The funeral was Friday at Bethesda by Rev. Cremeens, interment following there.

The Gallia Times
Thursday, Feb. 13, 1930
Transcribed by Sandy L. Milliron

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Chapline, John